Jewish orphans leave Buchenwald, Germany in a train at end of World War II in Europe, and following liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. Jewish boy and girl orphans look out from the windows of the train. A Jewish flag hanging from a train window. Jewish children posing. Smiling faces of displaced Polish, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian and French, Jewish orphans. Close up views of faces of some of the orphan children and groups of orphaned children, survivors of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Signs on a side of the train such as, "Vive Truman, Stalin, Churchill"; and "Orphaned youth of Buchenwald."
During the period of the Weimar Republic, following World War 1, an officer on horseback reviews German soldiers on parade on a tree-lined dirt road.They are led by a brass band mounted on horseback, followed by a contingent of mounted German Lancers. A brass band stands and plays opposite the reviewing officer, as a unit of infantry with shouldered rifles and fixed bayonets marches past, led by a goosestepping unit. Numerous flags are carried by marchers at the rear. Scene shifts to a railway platform, where German Army and Navy officers accompany Friedrich Ebert, the first President of Germany, as he reviews an honor guard drawn up in precise formation. President Ebert is introduced to other German officers.
The Buchenwald concentration camp of Nazi Germany shortly after its liberation in World War II. 1200 civilians of a town Weimar, nearby the camp, being sent on a forced tour of the camp. A group of smiling civilians, men and women walk towards the camp. Civilians enter the camp and see the display of articles made of human skin. Lampshades, paintings and display of human bones serve as evidence of atrocities committed against camp victims. Human heads shrunk to one fifth of their normal size. Women faint and are carried out. Civilians visit the ill-conditions of prisoners at surviving sections of the camp. Truckloads of dead bodies of victims of this camp.
Life of German leader, Paul von Hindenburg in Germany. As the President of the German Republic, Paul Von Hindenburg speaks to crowd at dais. A large building in the background. Hindenburg inspects the troops. Officers lined up. Flags seen in the background. Circa 1925.
German troops marching on a rough field, as they are reviewed by officers mounted on horses. German SA Storm troopers (Sturmabteilung) with massed Nazi swastiks flags marching at a rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Adolf Hitler walking ahead of a group of SA Storm troopers (Brown shirts) led by Ernst Röhm and Schutzstaffel (SS) in black uniforms, led by Heinrich Himmler. Hitler gives impassioned speech about German people (das eigene Volk), saying" Und für dieses Volk und um dieses Volk wollen wir ringen und wollen wir kämpfen. Und niemals erlahmen. Und niemals ermüden. Und niemals verzagen. Und niemals verzweifeln.” (And for this people, and for the sake of this people, we will struggle and fight. And never slaken, never tire, never lose courage, and never lose faith.)
Thousands of Communists and sympathizers are seen streaming into Berlin through the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). They walk slowly. There appears to be a large contingent of Freikorps in light military style uniforms marching with banners through the center of the crowd. In view from above this, contingent is seen more clearly as it marches along carrying Posters. The next scene shows the crowd with no coherent groups evident. Later, in a scene showing some people climbing atop a monument, Freikorps members are clearly mingled with others in the crowd. People are seen atop the Brandenburg Gate.
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